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- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEONIDAS L. POLK, OF RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA.

MEDICINE FOR THE TREATMENT OF DIPHTHERIA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 223,859, dated January 27, 1880.

Application filed December 16, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LEONIDAS L. ,POLK, citizen of North Carolina, residing at Raleigh,- in the county of Wake and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Medicines for the Cure of Diphtheria; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of my invention is to alleviate or cure cases of diphtheria; and to this end, take of decoction of quercus tinctoria, one pint; of sulphate of copper, of alum, and of boraX, each one dram; of honey, two ounces; of pulverized aloes, two drains; of stronger alcohol, two fluid ounces. Dissolve the copper, the alum, and the borax in the decoction of oak bark, and add the solution to the honey. Mix the aloes and the alcohol, and when thoroughly dissolved add to the othermixture. Put in bottles and stop tightly.

Apply to the patches on the tonsils with a camels-hair pencil or soft swab.

The prescription may be stated as follows:

It. No. 1. Decocti quercus tinctoriee, fOi.

No. 2. Oupri sulphatis, No. 3. Alumini's, aa, 3i. No. 4. Sodze boratis, 0 No. 5. Mellis despumati. Zij. No. 6. Pnlveris aloes, Zij. No. 7. Alcohol fortioris, fZij.

Dissolve Nos. 2, 3, and 4. in No. 1, and add No.5. Mix Nos. 6 and 7, and when thoroughly 35 dissolved add to the mixture. Put in bottles, stop tightly, and apply to the patches on the tonsils and throat with camels-hair pencil or soft mop in cases of diphtheria.

Having thus described my invention, what 0 I desire to claim, and to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The composition of oak-bark, sulphate of copper, alum, borate of soda, honey, aloes, and alcohol, substantially in the proportions de- 45 scribed, and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEONIDAS LAFAYETTE POLK.

Witnesses:

THos. H. Emacs, J r., E. F. SMITH. 

